Search Results: the sun horse by clark catherine anthony

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: MacMillan, 1951, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1951. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Good to Very Good example, some marks and discolouration to boards, offset to front fixed and free endpapers from old tape, small bookseller's label on verso of front board ( Wendell Holmes of London / St Thomas, Ontario ), ---in an attractive Fair to Good dustjacket with chips and tears and some loss (see scans), old tape marks on front flap and rear panel of jacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, ------b&w interior illustrations by CLARE BICE who also illustrated the lovely colour dustjacket, ---about the book: Mark, an orphan living in the Kootenays, B. C. and Giselle, a French Canadian school girl, set out for Forgetful Valley to try and find Giselle's father, who went there searching for the Sun Horse, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be… Read More

The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st edition, 1951. Very good hardcover with light edge rub. Solid binding. Gift note on front fly, else no mark's inside. Bright colored dust jacket is "good", with a small bend and small tear and some edge wear. Award-winning book.

Book by Canadian novelist Catherine Anthony Clark which tells the story of the adventures of two 11-year old children. Described as a "fascinating mixture of adventure, fantasy and Indian folk-lore". It won the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians bronze medal in 1952.
Scarce first edition in very good condition. Pictorial dust jacket. Blue cloth boards. B&w illustrations by Clare Bice. Very rarely available in the UK.
Dust jacket rubbed along edges; mildly discoloured through age and wear in places; small tear (ca 5mm) on lower edge of front cover. Boards with very slight signs of rubbing on edges; tiny bump on lower edge of front board. Pencil price mark on rear pastedown. Pages clean apart from a few tiny spots on edge of text block. Binding solid.